diff --git a/components/mobileshell/mobileshellsettings.cpp b/components/mobileshell/mobileshellsettings.cpp
index 80de24c9..685ff53d 100644
--- a/components/mobileshell/mobileshellsettings.cpp
+++ b/components/mobileshell/mobileshellsettings.cpp
@@ -20,8 +20,8 @@ MobileShellSettings *MobileShellSettings::self()
 
 MobileShellSettings::MobileShellSettings(QObject *parent)
     : QObject{parent}
+    , m_config{KSharedConfig::openConfig(CONFIG_FILE, KConfig::SimpleConfig)}
 {
-    m_config = KSharedConfig::openConfig(CONFIG_FILE, KConfig::SimpleConfig);
     m_configWatcher = KConfigWatcher::create(m_config);
 
     connect(m_configWatcher.data(), &KConfigWatcher::configChanged, this, [this](const KConfigGroup &group, const QByteArrayList &names) -> void {
diff --git a/components/mobileshell/shellutil.cpp b/components/mobileshell/shellutil.cpp
index 374e4650..0be9b330 100644
--- a/components/mobileshell/shellutil.cpp
+++ b/components/mobileshell/shellutil.cpp
@@ -26,8 +26,8 @@
 ShellUtil::ShellUtil(QObject *parent)
     : QObject{parent}
     , m_launchingApp{nullptr}
+    , m_localeConfig{KSharedConfig::openConfig(QStringLiteral("kdeglobals"), KConfig::SimpleConfig)}
 {
-    m_localeConfig = KSharedConfig::openConfig(QStringLiteral("kdeglobals"), KConfig::SimpleConfig);
     m_localeConfigWatcher = KConfigWatcher::create(m_localeConfig);
 
     // watch for changes to locale config, to update 12/24 hour time